Fist of the North Star: The Movie Streaming
Jeudi, août 5th, 2010 |
Fist of the North Star: The Movie Streaming.
Movie Title: Fist of the North Star: The Movie Fist of the North Star: The Movie is available for streaming or downloading. Click Here to Stream or Download Fist of the North Star: The Movie |
Fist of the North Star has been released multiple times on VHS and DVD in the US. It even has two different dubs (one by Streamline Pictures with Carl Macek of Robotech fame, and one by Manga Entertainment).
Buy,Download, Or Stream Fist of the North Star: The Movie! Click Here
In this release:
* The film is digitally restored. It actually looks a little better than the original release.
* The movie still goes into monochromatic mode during the most violent scenes - just like in all previous US releases.
Buy,Download, Or Stream Fist of the North Star: The Movie! Click Here
* The original US dub (Streamline) is used. The original Japanese audio is also included.
* There are also two sets of subtitles, one for the US dub dialog and one that is a faithful translation of the Japanese dialog. Before reading the Japanese subtitles, I never realized how many liberties Streamline took with the script. It’s almost like watching a different movie!
* The Japanese theatrical ending is used, which is the same ending all previous US releases had. (There is a Japanese home-video ending where Ken and Raoh’s duel ends in a draw)
* We get the Japanese theatrical teasers & trailers.
* The 80’s hair-metal song “Heart of Madness” is liberally applied in the menus.
Again, this is probably the best release of this film in the US. If you need to replace your decade-old copy of the VHS tape, this is your best choice.
First, let’s get the good out of the way. The picture quality on this disc is absolutely fantastic. After watching VHS copies and fan-subbed digital versions for years, it’s truly eye-opening to see Hokuto no Ken looking like this. Everything looks incredibly clean. Sound is also quite good, so the A/V package is right on.
But, let’s get to the bad. Extras are pretty much nil, except for some trailers (which are thankfully also up to the same quality as the feature), a bios section for the characters and a gallery. There are quite a few spelling errors, mostly with the way things are romanized from the Japanese text, and mis-translations in the English subs for the Japanese track (there are also subs for the English voice track, too). A lot of these are very irksome when you are used to translations that have been used for a long time and used by other folk that are a lot more fluent than I am. And shame on Toei for not bothering to uncensor the more graphic kills in the movie. Not only is it just lazy on their part, but it also throws off the movie by switching from the great picture quality of the rest of the film to the grainy, low-quality censored stuff. This may have caused some PTA folks in Japan to blow their tops in ‘86, but it’s now 23 years later. Give us an uncut print.
It’s nice to see this get a decent DVD release, but it’s certainly not worth $30. Pick it up if it falls under $20; that’s what I’m waiting to do.
Watch NBA Basketball Games Online | Watch NBA Playoffs Online Live
Watch NBA Basketball Games Online | Watch NBA Playoffs Online Live
mafia wars strategy guide | mafia wars hack | mafia wars cheats
DVD to ipod converter | DVD to mpg | dvd to psp
Watch NBA Basketball Games Online | Watch NBA Playoffs Online Live